attorney supervisor

Requisition No:

Agency: Business and Professional Regulations

Working Title: ATTORNEY SUPERVISOR

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number:

Salary:  $2,885.35-$3,786.87 Biweekly 

Posting Closing Date: 12/05/2025 

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OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY LICENSING BOARD LEGAL UNIT
ATTORNEY SUPERVISOR
Position Number:

Hiring Salary: $2,885.35-$3,786.87 Biweekly

** Open Competitive **

Our Organization and Mission:

License efficiently. Regulate fairly. Florida counts on the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) to ensure important matters are handled well. Responsibilities range from ensuring the safety of food service, maintaining the integrity of real estate transactions, furthering the transparency of condominium governance, and of course, overseeing the qualifications of licensure that ensure work requiring a skilled professional is performed safely and sufficiently. DBPR's stakeholders include these professionals and their customers alike.

Under the direction of Secretary Melanie S. Griffin, DBPR oversees many of Florida's professions and industries in the areas above, and many more which can be seen on our website: 

The Work You Will Do:

The Attorney Supervisor position is responsible for overseeing attorneys who perform administrative prosecutions for violations of construction and electrical licensing law. This includes violations of Chapters 489 and 455, Florida Statutes, as well as various other practice acts. The Attorney Supervisor assigns cases and provides guidance to supervised attorneys regarding the law, strategic approach, and prioritization. The selected candidate will be responsible for analyzing and communicating case management and progress goals and monitoring work product.

Your Specific Responsibilities:

• Provides training and guidance to attorneys within the Construction Industry Licensing Board Legal Unit;
• Performs all required tasks related to supervision of employees including attendance and leave approvals, employee evaluations, recruitment and selection, employee development, and employee support and motivation;
• Analyzes investigations for violations of statute or administrative rule for regulated professions;
• Recommends appropriate action, including finding of probable cause;
• Drafts administrative complaints and closing orders;
• Presents recommendations to probable cause panel;
• Prosecutes administrative complaints at the Division of Administrative Hearings or before the department's designated informal hearing officer or Board;
• Determines if emergency action including licensure suspension or restriction or remedy in circuit court is required;
• Conducts other civil and administrative litigation on behalf of the state agency in all judicial forums as requested and required by law.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to make oral presentations and litigate;
• Ability to manage people;
• Ability to communicate points of law and regulatory policy persuasively and concisely; 
• Ability to draft legal documents;
• Ability to manage multiple legal cases;
• Ability to work independently and in group and team settings;
• Ability to utilize problem solving techniques;
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships;
• Ability to multi-task;
• Ability to meet competing deadlines;
• Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments;
• Ability to travel;
• Ability to recognize and act on emerging issues and shifting priorities;
• Knowledge of Chapter 120, Florida Statutes.

Minimum Requirements: 

• Membership in good standing with The Florida Bar; and
• At least two years of experience in the practice of law; and
• Valid Driver's License.

  The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:

 "Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State's total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:

• State of Florida retirement package: 3% employee contribution required.
• Nine annual paid holidays and one personal holiday
• Ability to earn up to 104 hours of paid annual leave annually as a new employee with the State of Florida
• Ability to earn up to 104 hours of paid sick leave annually.
• The State of Florida offers health insurance coverage (i.e. individual and family coverage) to eligible employees.
• The State of Florida provides a $25,000 life insurance policy to eligible employees.
• Additional supplemental insurance policies are available for dental, vision, hospital supplement, cancer, etc.
• Tax deferred medical and childcare reimbursement accounts are available.
• Tuition waiver program to attend an approved State of Florida College or University

For additional benefit information, please visit the following website: 

***Information contained in responses to Qualifying Questions concerning education, experience, knowledge, skills and/or abilities must also be disclosed on the State of Florida Employment Application. ***

Applicant Note: If you are the selected candidate for this position and hold a current license through the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation, you may be required to place your license in an inactive status.  
NOTE: This position requires a security background check, physician assessment, drug screening, and participation in direct deposit. You will be required to provide your Social Security Number (SSN) and date of birth in order to conduct this background check.
 
Applicants are required to apply through the People First system by the closing date, by applying online.  All required documentation must be received by the closing date of the advertisement.  If you have any questions regarding your application, you may call

 
The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation is committed to increasing recruitment and hiring of individuals with disabilities and improving employment outcomes.   

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must contact the DBPR Human Resources (HR) Office at DBPR requests applicants notify HR in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
SPECIAL REMINDERS:
Male applicants born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion unless they are registered with the Selective Services System (SSS) before their 26th birthday, or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS.  For more information, please visit the SSS website:  .

If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be canceled, suspended, or deemed ineligible depending upon the date of your retirement.

The Department of Business and Professional Regulation will only hire U. S. citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers. Our agency participates in the E-Verify System which is a federal government electronic database available for employers to use to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section , F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.